The countries below contain a historic archive of information on the
state of the internet that is now three years old. For some
countries, the information has remained largely the same whereas for
others considerable change has occurred. However it can still be used
to identify organisations involved in developing the internet and to
understand the historic development of the Internet in Africa. For
up-to-date (but "pay-for") information click here:
There are special rates for students and universities.
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This is an area where you can download longer articles and reports of
interest. These will be updated as new material becomes available.
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This IDRC-supported research study looks at how complaints by African consumers in the telecoms and Internet sectors are dealt with and what input consumer organisations are able to make into policy for these sectors. It is based on a survey of 30 African countries and includes detailed case studies of Kenya, Senegal and South Africa.
Download 2 Word document (255kb)
This chapter from the ITU's Global Trends in Telecommunications
Reform 2005 examines the market and regulatory implications of the
shift to IP networks and outlines the different types of responses
regulators are making to VoIP calling.
Download 3 (pdf format, 310kb)
Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Subbiah Arunachalam look at the use of Open
Access archiving as a way of improving scientific capacity building.
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